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Show 7 est our homes, or we can travel to Take Washington to begin it: Every American- should visit our capital ny at least once in his lifetime. | The shrines to our past can be the American. “Heritage Trails,” which will leaa you on tours of historical interest. . The governors-of the various states that have joined in marking these found in every section of the na- Arails are to be commended for furthering appreciation of our Amer- tion. Travel the “American Jour- ican heritage. Another worthwhile ney” to President Johnson’s home undertaking is the “shunpike”trips which take motorists on little-trav- - state of Texas and visit the Alamo at San Antonio. At this cradle of Texas liberty, 184 Texans under Colonel William Barrett Travis fought to the last man against 1,000 Mexican besiegers in 1836. Davy - Journey For a motortrip of enjoyment and enrichment, visit our national shrines, where men made history and nature. made wondrous beauty Crockett and Colonel James-Bowie were among those whofell. Take the “American Journey” farther west to some of the natural wonders of our country, where freedom lives in the beauty of the land, Go to the rim of the fabulous Grand Canyon or to magnificent Mount Rainier. Travel to the in- By LUTHER H. HODGES eled back roads, where much of grass-roots Americastill lies undis- U. S. Secretary of Commerce FRIEND from abroadvisited me in Washington recently, and I took him on tour of the points of inter-. est. ‘We ended upat the Lin- coln:- Memorial; the summer tourists werestill streaming into this great marble temple even though it was late. “in the evening. a ~ Myfriend glanced-aroundat the crowd and turned to me. “Tell me,”he asked, “do your na- tional shrines draw an unusually covered by most of us. Everywhere we get the samefeeling: America is uncommonly blessed in its beauty, its natural resources, large number of visitors during a Presidential election year?” and its ennobling history. We es- “No, I don’t think so,” I said. “No more than usual.” pecially realize that we will never .reach the end of the “American But he gave me an idea. Many Journey” but that it continues on in an ever-lengthening, ever-expanding road to greater freedom more of us should visit them at a time so important to our nation. They give us a perspective on our and opportunity for all citizens. We see, too, more clearly than ever, that we are challenged today to live for the principles that other past that can aid us in our future—this year and every year. Again and again, we hear the words “freedom,” “equality,” “jus- Americans have died for. Surely tice,” and “liberty.” But what do these wordsreally mean? Where can we rediscover the true meaning of the democratic concepts on which spiring region of the Yosemite or experience to tell us—not just more words. Whereelse can we recapture quoias or to sight-see in the famous on to California to walk in the majestic groves of the giant Se- shunpike tour, either for a weekend or for an entire vacation? Most states heads Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. ,Or come back east to the beauti- Illinois, the Far West Trail, the Dixieland Trail, to name-a few.For more information, write the De- ful Smoky Mountains of my own partment of Tourism in the state capitals of the areas in which you the North Carolina, then travel south -to-the~Everglades~ of Florida; or move northward to that spectacle of world renown, Niagara Falls. “American Journey”? At the historic shrine or place of beauty near- In some sections of the country you will find routes marked as motor tours to explore the off- So, against this background, I would like to make a proposal: that periodically we take what we might call the “American Journey,” a special pilgrimage to the shrines, both —man-made--and—natural,that- per-> petuate our national heritage. Where should COVER: we start of Washington, Jefferson, Family Weekly/ October 4, 1964 Ozzie Sweet captures the sheer of ‘motoring Interested in a Shunpike Tour? Is your family interested in a towns of the Old West. Move northward, to the Mount Rushmore Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota, there to see the sculptured and purpose? joy we can do no less—and the “Ameriean Journey” can point the way. Sequoia National Park this nation was founded? Dictionaries and history books are helpful. But we need a personal these meanings than at the national shrines that perpetuate their spirit Arlington National Cemetery pee Rushmore Memorial in his cover photo for this special 1965 Auto Show issue..For a preview of the new car models, turn to page 6. | LEONARD S. DAVIDOW President and Publisher WALTER C. DREYFUS Associate Publisher PATRICK E. O'ROURKE Executive Vice President and Eedashiinsead Direc VHUSSEY MORTON FRANK Vice ivesdane: Publisher Relations ‘Advertising office: 179 N. Michigan Ave., Cee 1H. 60601 come office: reeEsie St., New York, N. Business office: 1 S. Indiana Ave., Chiefe 60616 provide information on marked motor trails through their areas of historic interest and natural beauty—the Lincoln Trail of are interested. In addition, any of the 780 American Automobile Association clubs can plan specific expressway wonders of the nation. ERNEST V. HEYN Editor-in-Chief BEN KARTMAN Executive Editor ROBERT FITZGIBBON Managing eee i enammener DYKSTRAArtDirrector MELANIE DE PROFT Food aoe Rosalyn Abrevaya, Arden Eidell, Hal Landon, Jack Ryan; Peer J. Oppenheimer, Hollywood. © 1964, PROCESSING AND BOOKS, INC., Chicago,III. All rights reserved. |